Photos: Global coronavirus pandemic puts childhoods on pause

Over 530,000 people have been infected globally and over 24,000 have died due to the spread of the coronavirus around the world as of March 27, 2020. Stringent measures to curb the spread of the virus have been enforced around the world, from the suspension of public gatherings, schools and offices to nationwide lockdowns. Even the once-normal rituals of youth, from classrooms to playgrounds to birthday parties, have been upended by social distancing as the world tackles the coronavirus.

Updated on: Mar 27, 2020 5:16 PM IST

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Joy Malone's daughter looks out the window of her home onto a deserted street inside an area under lockdown due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in New Rochelle, New York, United States. (Joy Malone / REUTERS)

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A child wearing a protective face mask uses hand sanitizer at ‘Stella Kids’ day care centre in Tokyo, Japan. (Stoyan Nenov / REUTERS)

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A teacher sits in an empty classroom after the Tamil Nadu state government ordered the closure of primary schools across the state amid coronavirus fears, in Chennai, India. (P Ravikumar / REUTERS)

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A child walks towards the international security screening point of the Vancouver International Airport after Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced additional measures to combat the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Richmond. (Jesse Winter / REUTERS)

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A children’s playground is closed with caution tape amid the outbreak in Seattle, Washington, United States. (Brian Snyder / Reuters)

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Four year old Ida stands behind her drawing, in honour of the rescuers, inside her house after the Belgian government imposed a coronavirus lockdown in an attempt to slow down the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Brussels, Belgium. (Yves Herman / REUTERS)

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A teddy bear is pictured on a sidewalk, on March 15, the sixth day of an unprecedented lockdown across of all Italy imposed to slow the outbreak of coronavirus in Turin. (Massimo Pinca / REUTERS)

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A student looks on at the basketball court at the State House Girls High School in Nairobi following a directive by the Kenyan government to suspend lessons in schools as a preventative measure against coronavirus, in Nairobi, Kenya. (Njeri Mwangi / REUTERS)

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A Syrian refugee woman puts a face mask on a boy as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus, in the Al-Wazzani area, in southern Lebanon. (Ali Hashisho / REUTERS)

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Georgia Mayer, aged 16, bids goodbye to her friends at a school in Newcastle-under-Lyme as the majority of schools in the UK shut. (CArl Recine / REUTERS)

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Lydia Hassebroek, 10, who attends Public School 34, conducts an experiment at her home in Brooklyn during the first day of remote school after New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order closing public schools statewide due to concerns over the rapid spread of coronavirus, in New York City. (Caitlin Ochs / REUTERS)

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Dana Baer and her son Jacob Baer wish Avery Slutsky a happy sixth birthday from their car during a drive-by birthday celebration as they maintain social distance amid an outbreak of coronavirus across the country in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, United States. (Emily Elconin / REUTERS)

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Cao Junjie with his two-month old baby inside a safety pod he created to protect his baby from the coronavirus, at a residential compound in Shanghai, China. (Xihao Jiang / Reuters)

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An aerial view shows an empty playground as Israel tightened a national stay-at-home policy with guidelines aimed at halting the spread of the coronavirus which are now being enforced by police under emergency orders, in Jerusalem. (Ronen Zvulun / REUTERS)

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Patrick kicks the ball in Ormeau Park, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (Jason Cairnduff / REUTERS)